| Show jT 1 M or t e 0 F n r THE u C z A R I N I 1 17 9 0 3 t I l GOSSIP GOSSIP POWERFUL P AND STORY I MONARCH ABOUT 61 THE TIIE OF J THE TIIE RICHEST fI WORLD AND MOST I Iu I r l lu r Yn N N Nr Mh u r a l M nr 3 n mu 1 J Special of the Desert Reins News by Frank G C Carpenter ner I II i Nr r T e MS y r I I r f r 1 1 f 1 I I r I j I r I J i r L tI tIl l ii I l f i v u tl I m I J u I Secured for the tho U s ret News by IV Frank ink Q G au r ter X H r H HH t NICHOLAS II ll IN 1003 by I y Frank Q G Carpenter T r lI 1 want to tel juu yuu about the ear ryar of ot Russia an 8 he lie looks acts S and nil nili n In good year rear HI III llla lit life I l no secret lIt nt from drum lib lit III people Anyone may maysee mayI set see I him liim almost any nn day duy driving shout about his hili In the country inai hire here h Nt ai l now und then In St Ie Pe let un opt open u I through t uri Itself II IC lie He lw h discarded many man i 1 of the which Mere ere kept kp t during the th a re reign ign of ot f his hla hl tather father The casa cavalry dots dOl not nut now noli lino llna th Ihl the tr U wh when n ll the c Aar ar rOOf oa i out driving Police e spies ur url ore reduced r In ht number und and the force of ct nu lun over oer the world has hns been I cut dnn Whatever th c may IK 00 he ho U IK no coward He danger bul to the rick n lt rattler lather than huo the Iho annoy wice Ime of or time the Ih police HOW 1011 III WOKS LOOKS kind of lit a ninn IK ii the tsar ciar In Tn Jer he h In III I not 1 Hr He U it l now non 35 25 3 old and Rod might lx he Hold to he hr In hit hiM prime He lie Is I rather rath blinder heavy und and o ou under und r He III fl In It a p RH at In lo hili bIs and acid at or m elta at lit the aunt nhen his hi photo are ore taken takeno FO so o tint Hint tin limp II amern camera will him Jl II I II h K K II of or tomes item from hit legs which twit ir r ton Ira to short phol Prom Irom the walt tn nn h 11 le I H a as al 1 till 1111 I ill in It I Ih o ui IILO Ku l in hl U h mi nl u i t y t tall lall ill id 1 1 hi hu u In InIs h 11 his Is 15 on ou h el PICk u k m ur sitting lit Ii h looks look Ilk Hk v I other m men n In tide this respect he la It like Napoleon te and Pull Phil n lolls both of or whom wets were long lonK mind 1101 hort h Olt legged The lIP czar In It II a blonde lie He linn line a fair toy toxy IO Y skin mid bright blue bite eyed et tI Hl tit 1111 Is le brown and he weare It full lie Ik hat bra white teeth mid and a n lilt Hta forehead U l high and full and lilt fa in an honest one THE lH CAH A MAN IU Some of or the l hest e t deec I 1 have havo heard h ard if pt r the czar czir bare hae 11 ln IlI en n from front memo mem member leer ber a of hi lilt court t here hero at St SL Pct I i imen men who know him Intimately and amI Who irr If il with rl him duy af tr lr to diy The best eX te lon of hl Ilia ila character user seems to 10 be e a that Ito t tsan a he I e Is IR s n u 1 Hus HusMan lf Hu san Man gentleman Ho lie 11 I Is without hi He Ile him has none of the and of nf the Ihl Hoer He lle la ta n u maid haul h Worker but he lie lacks Inoke the of our ou president He lie la l noted for hit his kindness to 10 lilt his lI hl hit retiring and Ms hta love lov for fur hU lilt hi The roar riar crowds and pomp of ofell ell all kind and to tn live In the coun country Jun try Iry Me Tic II hat has three Ih J near St hurB here he upend most moat of ot IF his time with hit hi family y ih nm e I Selo Helo anti and H II linn inn also alM III u a it country home homme In tie the th Crl Cri Crime me und U other plane near here In ml ltd n to 10 great palaces at the capital Mild find li Im lo oo v Wherever he lie la Is hit his work In It brought to lent him Ho lilt his IE at al hU lilt residence and und with turn them roes goes over ocr mattera of state Hi II IIII II iu III I I elne e of ot the th empire In III i uial way nay ln li hlll hat a u luiK putt part In Its Itt lion A I FAMILY M MN Ni N 1 Ilu II It Is I a II good and a n n J I He lie Owns t n Million on Square Miles of Lund Land and Minos and d StocKs I I Galore low How Nicholas s II H LooKs Acts and Rules Big Home Homo Life B All About the Empress and Her liar Four Children All AU Girls I 9 How Howa n Priest Cursed Her The Czar and the tho United States The I Imperial Palaces s and Their Splendors A Word About Some I I Czars of the Past Post I I I II f 7 fit iii i r HP II 11 r u would Id be hI b enl culled t Ill a d f mill man mun ss herr His HI 1 1 s lf In Ia I him Irim the gu put nf or the th diy day Ia and i 1 She t he site lt III In hi while I cI A e k lad at lilt hiM often stays thip th rr IV h n he h tm hm hal i ml lei n hN Wild s r its quite III some come i o the 1111 spent the Ihl must mom of ut hl hi I line i mt it tt hi hr r sir r md nd a ne al she not gut hitter bettor h In ti tl Minn n J d nuch of ur lilt his busl i eat t Ihne He lie II hit lui hull i ms lilt hi desk delk and lepers M 1 fraught Into lino u II win winlow low recess recent of her hei hl heim m H chamber tr and rind there I her he ho worked until the she he all at up ul and nd out again JI in jiMy IY usually s at 1 K ami ud at 9 i tikes lakee tea let with the empresa A 11 Halt it hour later IIller lie he goes goer to 10 lilt his hi study to 10 d 1 the II I und and at 11 H is it I It r t rdv j v to 10 his hili hi and att IIII at III I t ad Id il to 10 o hl lilt He lie II has lu lun i ivon heon u II little after litter noon and at It tit titI t I III II IV P u e th lilt fin finI 1 I I pun pin lilt bin hi return he Ot to III t work i I 1 t IH ti k J at It 1 for tor the II most of or the thed d It 1 II dines II hII ut III X N and upend spend the thet i t I t 1111 lilt his family Ull t I is CI ALL OWLS Ii loit zur nr r lia Ita IlaM tour four children children and Ind much lr lc I t i warn i Rut of hit his hl subjects they an 1 r nil all allI I K rl d l to 10 the law whir which now I I ui u old K I rH nH to the HIP Ih th 11 ml 1 mil i r of the empire mutt must be he a n man m tn 11 1 il it I the Ihl emperor should die without II a i ini ni Furl Of I limp i t brother the Duke lukl MI Mil tt h bul 1 mil I who In Ix now noli Jl 21 I would be hI his hili girl 1 tint It I IH It void that the HIl fe feels ls teal his bemuse the hf has hns no 1111 boy ami all ail II soil s of cf are ure given as 1111 the cause of this calamity One On of or time the Ih M ran en enIs Is that It II tomes comes from a II curse which whirl a 11 Greek Greel t III t tittered her hill short shortly 1 aft after i nil she h upended ascended the throne tin one 1 Ing to 10 the law Ill the royal fam funt family ily lIy mutt muni worship after tin the religion of limo Ihl Greek church The onar egar Rr Is la really the head bend of or the th church rind litter after her e the began the study of or this Ihle religion with tho till Intent lent to 10 adopt adot I It II it Till This fill priest t was her ln Instructor and lie Ill seems to tu have II 11 VI been mi nn egotistical fel tul fellow tullow fellow I low At t any an rile rate lie hll became very Vety angry an angry gry Sr one day with her h r majesty who had grown tired nf ot his Instruction told tol him I that hu III might leave an as site file knew as 1111 much the Greek Grek religion n Oil oa hl he 1 diet did He Ife II went hut but us as ll lie he did so ho h i I tint o o I toying Hint that her majesty would I have teVen daughters but hut never n son on I has hu gotten about boul a over I and as tS tit the I believe bellevo what I the my HI they Ihy fe r It may IMY como I rue At any alty rate mill her sno t hns hit hall had tl I ever u son The rue four our daughters dall of or the tha czar ri m go In fn from right cI ht to 10 two 10 Olga pens born In h 1906 1895 In Mario Marlo in nn amid in to 1901 1001 TIlI ss OF RUSSIA One hears n R great dent deal 11 of or gossip here hereabout hereabout about the of ot l lusla Some of or the people like 1110 her very et much nud some scone the contrary As At 11 far tar as I 1 can Judge she nhe Is a Ii very ver CI chat mini h wo woman mun She l I Is you 3 OU know kno the of Queen Vic Victoria toria lorin her mother inuring having been be n the tho Ail who inn lime Hie unit attractive of or Victoria daughters She U Is II the daughter of or the Grand Duke of ot se seand and iia us such ling hit German blood 1 In her hor veins vein The Marina la Is several sll rul Inches taller than Ihan the osar She U Is very vet beautiful and alid l stately but rather reserved In III her moan man manner ner lieI She hu has hUR a II fair complexion dark eyes tes and amid regular features There IH is a small i mole molt at nt the corner of or her hr mouth but Jul this rather adds to 10 her hr I beauty Wu IH Ims a low loll sweet voice olce and singa IH dutifully beautifully f Nw MY A YI POPULAR USING BEING FETED f a f ft I I 1 t fit fitI t I i gel J r I y Jr t ti te s i T t l 1 Ii IiI I e G t t tl i iI is ir ir I r rI I s I Jr I r r ii I I V r r t lr t f fa t a v rz t tf s f s sI sew u ara iw I JI 10 f I r Jw Y t tI 1 I n i J i Lipton who In it now M In the States StalE If Is undoubtedly the most moat ulu woo who ever eer kd on at II these there chorea His Hla many admirers I alhia country y are the Ihl opportune of f lib liU present to 10 toM M M r upon the Ibe genial of ot their t j good will wilt and md a r f Ills hla hi ep p rt taman In House nt has ha pr ls b aH I I inel a Rd ad a i l Ry i j I III Ii un II II to t e H 11 u i n J rn tl ly lly gh Ih n iad to 10 tilt ilu Id t Ion LI a Mi rh aline i rc re ret r rI r g I t Mr Ir In o a 1 ne n w I u hl ilia Itse yacht owner own r having been dm dlo l i Jn in the lh popular r hem heir with the th del d K of ot a II ju ht 1 C The I hr Is IK trill r edu ot 11 l Pile Nhe nIke r Gt n tail and Italian and sime her liei hUM but butle le the IhO She 5 he him has soli onH ui um Until talent and und nut strange In 11 II a UPI man girl she ahe Knows knol rOIl about cooking and household Tri Before lI rore list het she Jw wae u 1001 and m now nus t as an the wIfe Of pr t tin till rich rish richest est eat monarch nf at the Oil world she prefers to III 1111 II M does docs not nal like ilke the lite sp et luu n dur of lit lime court und rather lather b he be In hl Inthe the country with her family than In the great i nt t winter palace at al St SI f bura TUB rill AND Tim UNITED STATES S SI f fI I am ant told that the czar Is f r very friend friendly ly Iy to II America I waa bole 1101 10 years ago ugo during dating the Ih treat when lim we e suit sent nl vast milt sums gums to The luni gave many man times us IlK a much theme Ives and time the of ot the funds ruml under the charge cherge ur of the present czar who was as then Ihen crown prince The came oame In hr contact cl with the m of our Red Hed 1 el I and to them lieu t hf lu B Im Le twain and again of ot the Ihl kindness of at to Russia He lie that today lode and frequently express expresses V es s lilt his Not lung Ions ago ilK he said Time The friendly which exists be between tWIn tween Russia Husain and Is II genuine and I trust It will forever forCHI At Al another time lime he spoke of if what hul had hail dune duce for time the United HIllh luring during our nut war Haying that throat lilt his father lint had him of the time Ity lIy existed the countries at lit that tine time The Time czar now nou uses rue Amer Iron plows reapers and nn on lilt Ills hi vast estate and ond other being equal he would rather patronize Ameri Amerl America ca cu than any on county country ur of Europe l THI MIN MAN or OF Tur WOULD And thin this leads me to 10 the vast Yost posses poise possession po stuns sion owned b II by lilt his III majesty lie He IK Is I by hy till far the richest mUll man of ot the world ain l I and ller no It excepted You Yon know kno how hol much u a 1 tHOaN fui farm m Is I Irhe Irime The rime czar inn has enough In land ml of or lib hh own to It tomake Ite snake make e a u million such farms The Th crown owna one million Ion squar square miles s of 01 o forests and aud cultivated lands land un all area equal to 10 one olle third of ot the United i without Alaska and our coin colo lif filets lie He lot has III In addition mines In Si til Siberia beria berla which produce a vast lO t revenue und and bonds betide und mind nn l stocks and gold KOld 1111 ore In 10 Indeed Indeed deed d t no one what his ev Is IH The rite crown domina are nie OI ered d the thu property of ot time Ihl Hi tI c III family cud and a then ther sera art or millions to na lO eO Ivla It K from them which never neer net gel Into the public reports He lie II has also alto vast lIsl amounts In III Injen jen jewels eli other Cher I t treasures B su so that U It Is IB impossible to estimate I t e his wealth wraith The czars father was Willi a careful busl busi business ness man mun He Ife II the th income and ami outgo and l cut rUl down doun the expenses e M of or the estate lout hUll been extravagant When Mien he h came to time the Ih throne hs he person personally ally en thu Ihl of or the lime Im lm Imperial far I mil household and un l after a u few rew days do i s stud d time the ordinary expenses of ot the court to lu an amount of a 11 year lie He then Ihen cut lut down dUll the th imperial tables s and looked Into time the of or his hie hl lI lIIn In tie the 1 t Winter 1 In tor Palace there had been heen n n II magnificent 1 which ho lie hohall Lad hall especially admired as nl a a prince Shortly utter hl lilt t he noticed notice that Ihal tills this hail disappears lf lie asked n kIl about it and mul was told It II had been sent out to 10 be cleaned He tit ordered ol It II brought Peck at nt once nt but bul the lie days pasted passed 1 and It did not appear He Ile then Ih n looked Into Inlo time the matter mattei and found that the of ot the household had hul or 01 ordered tiered dered that the Ihl entire palace lit be li refurnished nl h tl and amid the time valuable carpets and anti andI other I things beer been disposed 1 of ot with without out nut nn an accounting The result was a wholesale 1 ale dismissal of or and the then n 1 of or the unnecessary contracts THE Tm OF OK Tm 1111 The fh palaces are worth looking ft im t There l It nothing like Ilk theta them upon i uth HI h Selo lo where his h II maj may maji mayI i Is I y murk of or his hi hl lime has floor Doors I Ir r buoy buny ad ml mather of pari and wall wallIn in Inlaid laid aill wIlt Mi h and anI lupin lupia moult 1 K t is ill i i t m un In It Inlaid wIth tortoise l lr fi ri r n I an h wailed called with bamboo and ami amii andr i t r D ny its MI III hung with goblin t I t i i uk use lil II If line has hn a n hall hill room which hl h hII iu to 1 I n II re than hull half nn In a Ire acre re 1 li h 1 O 1 n 0 1 i 1 u a Chinese chili room rU III hed in n t IlIk ak wood wend a II Japanese r ruru im and n ml limit tu building Is III I In A R pork park of Z i c i t aires acres In hm 11 v a th re are H le mlle malice d f drives drivet and Falk This palace palaL wa WI was bui buit buHI t by b the Ihl Onit one of or tim most mast m t extravagant ant a as 1 well ut ll HS RK one une of or Hi lb K t of liu lall rulers When t 11 the buildings were wen lust litH time she sher cn r 0 b 1 red rd some of them Ihm d with gold KOld Old 1 Id 1 tf and ami HH as time the Ih st leery rj gate II it took MO MOUi Ui ii worth of pre lire ilIUM i metal to gild gila li hd rn Aller a 11 01 In to 10 the damp dam I III n II as of at of the ih the gold old began to tomu mu 1 I t th thin Ihn n pi posed to 10 covertt cover rover it tt i s 1 th Ih paint s same ime I ecula e ull t 11 s a her W lS i 1 lot or the privilege nf of r sr i oft oK th lb gold goldI I am nm not quite QU a 0 i hurd up u said Mid th Ih the oil I impress empress i ti et 1 to by huc have to 10 tell sell my old duties dOli to 10 keep keels niM uy III elf tt going And nd the ihn suit them a awe we Ill Y unit iJ painted the IN TilE 1111 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